Lee Well being: Specializing in well being fairness

There’s a quote from Martin Luther King, Jr. that claims, “Life’s most persistent and pressing query is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” I’m proud that our neighborhood’s well being system, Lee Well being, is staffed with individuals who work exhausting every single day and night time to reply that query with their actions and dedication to caring for others. I’m proud, too, that our well being system solidified our dedication to offering the fitting care for everybody and guaranteeing well being fairness by hiring our first-ever chief fairness and inclusion officer (CEIO), Selynto Anderson, Ph.D.

Well being fairness implies that each particular person has a good alternative to succeed in his or her highest stage of well being. Reaching this state requires us to grasp and deal with the social determinants of well being (like schooling, meals insecurity, housing, employment and extra), in addition to the obstacles to well being care which will exist. Lee Well being has a protracted historical past of working to enhance the well being of each particular person in our neighborhood and having Selynto on our workforce helps us higher arrange our efforts all through our well being system and Southwest Florida.